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Bass & Associates, Florida laws on pdl crime

Date: Sat, 11/04/2006 - 15:04

Submitted by anonymous
on Sat, 11/04/2006 - 15:04

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I received a call at work from a woman named Alison Potter at Bass & Associates in Jacksonville. She called my work at 3pm on Friday and said they were downloading affadavits to the county office at 4 pm. This was for bank fraud and interstate transfer of funds(?). Honestly, I did have a pdl I lost track of over the summer, so I knew I had an unpaid pdl. She could not give me the name of the company, only the parent company, US National Bank and the pdl was Premier Co., which I was not familiar with. She said USA has 30-40 pdls they own. She told me I would be issued warrants at work, asked for my bosses name, and that since it was over $200 it was a felony. Then asked if I ever committed wire fraud, check bouncing, been on probation. She was well spoken, courteous and businesslike. She also said that the Bank was not interested in getting their money back, they wanted me to suffer the consequences of my actions. I was really scared and asked why the 1 hour lead time if this was going on since June. She said "the Co" had tried to contact me via phone & mail. Now it was too late they were going to process me legally. But she said since I had no priors she put me on hold, spoke with the co, and they could permit to pay up and be released from my obligation and legal matter would be dropped. BUT I had to do it within the hour at Walmart. I took my last $500 and paid the account. Now I can't pay my car pmt. I thought her putting me on hold and talking to the client a little fishy, but, it was so intimidating. Now that I found your site I am wondering if I could have asked for more time or split the cost into installments. Also, in Florida, is it a criminal or civil offense to default on a pdl. As I stated, I wanted to pay up, just not be scared and stongarmed into.


Have anyone heard of a company called CNA? They use the same lines as Bass and Associates?


lrhall41

Submitted by on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 11:40

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These people are a hoot, they called back in march 2007 of this year threating with the whole "if you don't pay us within an hour we are sending a warrant to county officials to have you arrested". you commited wire fraud, and bank fraud from work over state lines....blah, blah, blah

well, after we got that phone call i googled the number and came accross this website. so my husband called them back and quoted indiana state law to them and they said "don't quote the law to us sir, we already know what it says" and they hung up. they tried to say that they were also on the phone with scott county officials in a third party call.
WHATEVER! if that were true considering it's november of 2007 i think he would have already been arrested. it's been a pretty long 24 hrs don't ya think? They called again yesterday (nov. 16) we aren't calling them back. if they were actually gonna do something, it would have been back in march not 8 months later :idea:


lrhall41

Submitted by on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 06:47

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I guess I might be a little naive; however, I am still amazed when I read a post from someone that has been threatened with the police getting them by a CA. I am unable to understand how they figure people will still fall for this one.

Do representatives and managers at these shady CA's sit around in conferences saying: "I wonder what threats we can use to intimidate people into giving us money? Oh, I know, let's threaten them with calling the police on the them. Man, what a great and original idea!! Why has no one ever thought of this before?!?"

Like the police can take time away from dealing with murderers, rapists, drug-dealers, and donut shop breaks (just kidding about the donut breaks) to subdue and handcuff debtors and haul them away to our already overcrowded jails. Heck, if movie stars in California only have to spend an hour in jail for doing drugs or DUI's, do you think they're going to lock up debtors who are behind in their bills? Well, one celebutante had to spend 30 days in jail; however, that was such a media circus I would have probably given her the chair for just plain being annoying. (again, only kidding)

Dumg-@$$es!


lrhall41

Submitted by FloridaRon on Sat, 11/17/2007 - 07:19

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